St Andrews local eatery Munch has officially debuted a new soup and salad bar, Crunch, on South Street. Owners Verity and Andy Martin — both originally from St Andrews and live locally with their three children — celebrated the opening on 2 September, 2026. Crunch will be the sister shop of the town's staple sandwich spot located next to Munch. The Martins told The Saint: “[it is] a build-your-own salad [...] place,” adding that customers can “pick your base, protein/main, toppings,...

On 31 March, the University of St Andrews Students’ Association made an Instagram post announcing their possible partnership with JD Wetherspoons to create a Union-run Franchise in Main Bar. According to the post, the Union has applied for a loan with the University. If the loan is approved, the post outlines the three possible outcomes: the Union will partner with JD Wetherspoon, they will invest in the current spaces to make them more financially sustainable and suitable for student needs,...

A University of St Andrews press release on 10 March announced new research by the School of History and Computer Science, in which the colonial connections of over 900 alumni in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries have been mapped out in a unique interactive web-based visualisation . The research has identified 901 alumni who came from — or later lived or worked — in the colonies of the British Empire between 1700 and 1897. The mapping of these colonial connections has allowed for a...